JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family confirms

Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by vichu on Monday February 04, 2019 @04:42PM (#19080909)

I recall reading some of his unpublished writings after they were leaked on what.cd, and I'm sure if you dig around some you'd be able to find mirrors somewhere on the web. Included in the leak was "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", the supposed prequel to "Catcher in the Rye". The leaker claimed something like a 6TB(!) bounty for leaking it too.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by dewey on Monday February 04, 2019 @06:16PM (#19081659)

The discussion in that request thread about how to get the novel out of the reading room where one of the most entertaining ones I’ve read. I wish there was a backup.

People were going crazy with coming up with plans and spy grade equipment to take pictures. Good times.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by balladeer on Monday February 04, 2019 @09:04PM (#19082530)

There's a backup of the torrents somewhere. Couple of months ago an ex admin had released it. Like backup of the catalogue but not the items.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by dewey on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:52AM (#19083649)

I was talking about the request thread itself. Forum posts, requests are not included in the dump.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by balladeer on Monday February 04, 2019 @09:02PM (#19082524)

WCD was in a way Library of Alexandria of the private tracker world. It was just too good and didn't last forever like any other good thing. The only sad part is that nothing, of similar calibre, came after that. Btw couldn't find the leak anywhere though - searched by his name.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by alekseypo on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:38PM (#19082856)

It's the one place on the net I genuinely miss.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by kakarot on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:51AM (#19083639)

What a sad day for the internet. There is a place seeking to fill its shoes if you know where to look...

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by alekseypo on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:39PM (#19088289)

It's a happy memory now. Things shift and change. I satisfy my curiosity now thanks to that old and trusted friend slsk.

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